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Mălĕa and Mălēa, ae, f. (collat. form Mălĕae, ārum, f., Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 1 B. and K.), = Μαλέα and Μάλεια,

  1. I. a promontory in the Peloponnesus, at the south of Laconia, now C. Malea, Liv. 34, 32, 19; Mel. 2, 3, 7; Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 22; Cic. Fam. 4, 12; Verg. A. 5, 193; Ov. Am. 2, 16, 24; Prop. 3, 17 (4, 18), 8; Stat. Th. 2, 33.
    Hence,
  2. II. Mălēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the promontory of Malea, Malean: jugum, Flor. 2, 9, 4; 3, 6, 3.